| 单词 | affection |
| 释义 | affection (once / 98 pages) n Affection is the positive feeling you may have or express for other people or things. Your grandma may show her affection for you by pinching your cheek, and you may show your affection for your dog by rubbing her belly. Not everybody is good at showing affection to their loved ones, like old-school dads or tough guys in action movies. If people don't get enough affection, they crave it, and will go to great lengths to get it. You might say that affection is what Luke wanted from Darth Vader all along, in Star Wars. WORD FAMILYaffection: affections USAGE EXAMPLESExperts cite a number of reasons for the Swiss affection for cash. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) From the outset, therefore, self-interest rather than affection governed Israel’s attitude toward the United States. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Lucia is the daughter of novelist James, a black hole who swallows both the world’s attention and domestic affection in industrial quantities. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) n a positive feeling of liking he had trouble expressing the affection he felt Syn|Hypo|Hyper affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness attachment, fond regard a feeling of affection for a person or an institution protectivenessa feeling of protective affection regard, respecta feeling of friendship and esteem soft spota sentimental affection feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states |
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